Towel



Aug. 15, 1933. 1 1,922,169

TOWEL Filed Nov. 17, 1951 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 15, 1933 TOWEL BethineA. Martin, New York, N. Y.

Application November 17, 1931 Serial No. 575,679

4 Claims.

The object of my invention has been to provide an improvement in towelswhich shall have, among other advantages those of enabling one toobtain, with a towel made of relatively soft material, frictioncomparable to that obtainable with a towel made of rough or harshmaterial, and thus to stimulate the circulation of the blood, andespecially to obtain this result upon the back; of enabling the towel tobe used as a jumping rope, and of affording convenient means for hanginga towel upon a hook, without injury to the fabric of the towel, and tosuch ends, my invention consists of theimprovement in towels hereinafterspecified.

While I have chosen, for purposes of illustration, the best embodimentthereof known to me, my invention is capable of embodiment in manydifferent forms, and it is not to be confined to the illustrative form,but is to be understood 0 as including every towel having substantiallythe same elements as those specified in the claims, and all equivalentsthereof which perform substantially the same functions in substantiallythe same way to obtain the same result.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view of a towel embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on the line 2-2 ofFig. l, and Figures 3 and 4 are respectively a side elevation, and asectional view on the line 4-4 of a towel embodying my invention.

In the said illustrative form of my invention, I have shown a towel A,sufficiently large for bath purposes, having a cord B attached to itsupper edge, preferably by having the fabric of the towel folded over thecord and its edgesewed to the body of the towel. In the presentinstance, I have shown a double strand of the cord so secured in theupper edge of the towel and extending beyond the end of the towel andforming a loop at each end. The two strands of the cord are preferablymade to lie side by side in the plane of the body of the towel. In theuse of my towel, the bather takes hold of the cord by the loops, or, ifthe cord does not extend beyond the ends of the towel, by the fabric ofthe towel at the ends of the cord; and

end of the towel to form handles.

fabric of my towel be composed of cotton, or

other similar relatively soft material.

By having the plurality of strands of the cord lying in a plane parallelwith the fabric of the towel, an area of appreciable width can be 6pressed against the back without cutting in so much as might be the caseif but a single strand of cord were used; although the advantages of myinvention would inhere to a considerable extent in a towel having but asingle strand.

It is not uncommon for bathers before or after going into the water toskip rope; and by wrapping my towel around the cords and holding it bythe loops, a very fair jumping rope is formed. Various changes can bemade in the form of my invention which I have illustrated withoutsubstantial departure from its principle. For instance, the cords mightrun through the center of the towel or other portions, than its edge. Itwill be seen that my invention results in a towel having a considerablenumber of desirable advantages.

I claim:

1. The combination of a towel, a cord embedded in and enclosed by thefabric of the towel and 30 projecting beyond each end of the towel toform handles.

2. The combination of a towel, a cord enfolded by the towel andprojecting beyond each 3. The combination of a towel, a doubled cordenfolded in the towel and projecting beyond each end of the towel toform handles.

4. The combination of a towel, and a relatively heavy cord fastenedlengthwise adjacent the edge of the towel and extending beyond the endsof the towel to form handles.

BETHINE A. MARTIN.

